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Thank God the federal government is looking out for us...

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"The seized trucks were all imported into the U.S. by the same man, Aaron Richardet, a North Carolina chiropractor."

hmmm -

The issue of civil forfeiture is *huge* - and it's mis-use is just now being publicized. Check out:

https://ij.org/seize-first-question-later-release-2-3-2015

It's not just cars, and it's not just federal action. State and local governments are doing the same thing. When in doubt, seize it, sell it, and remember few people have the money to hire lawyers to fight it.
 
Here's an old military Defender a friend brought into Canada, as I recall it was a little rough around the edges, but then again a well used truck...

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Also good for sitting on (that's his daughter)...

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Now I'm really getting off track... :rolleye:

We've had a similar issue here in Canada with Mini's, since they sold Minis here until 1980, people were buying old ownerships and grafting them onto Minis that were too new for our 15 year import rule, I heard of a few people who got busted...

And now there is some backlash in both gov't and insurance against all the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) cars that come over... Officially something about them being RHD and thus unsafe simply because of that... Many insurance companies are starting to charge massively high insurance rates for the JDM cars...
 
Wow! Dare I say, she's beautiful?
 
...the Defender, I mean.
 
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